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I-have-ADHD – A skill for coding assistant that stops it from burying the answer

A new open-source skill called 'i-have-adhd' for coding assistants such as Claude Code and Codex aims to prevent AI responses from burying the answer, enforcing rules like leading with the next action, numbering multi-step tasks, and capping lists at five items. The skill, available via plugin marketplaces, is loosely based on 'The Adult ADHD Tool Kit' by J. Russell Ramsay and Anthony L. Rostain and is released under the MIT license.

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I-have-ADHD – A skill for coding assistant that stops it from burying the answer
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ADHD-friendly outputs. No ADHD diagnosis needed!

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Claude Code

claude plugin marketplace add ayghri/i-have-adhd
claude plugin install i-have-adhd@i-have-adhd

Then type /i-have-adhd

. No local clone needed: Claude Code fetches the repo and keeps it updated.

Want it on every session? touch ~/.claude/.i-have-adhd-always

(see INSTALL.md).

Codex

codex plugin marketplace add ayghri/i-have-adhd --ref main
codex plugin add i-have-adhd@i-have-adhd

Then type $i-have-adhd

to apply the output style explicitly. The skill can also be invoked implicitly when Codex sees a task that benefits from it.

Install instructions for other coding agents live in INSTALL.md.

A skill for your coding assistant that stops it from burying the answer. Action first. Steps numbered. No "Hope this helps!"

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10 rules. Full text in SKILL.md.

  • Lead with the next action.
  • Number multi-step tasks.
  • End with one concrete next step.
  • Suppress tangents.
  • Restate state every turn.
  • Specific time estimates (minutes, not "a bit").
  • Make wins visible.
  • Matter-of-fact errors.
  • Cap lists at 5 items.
  • No preamble. No recap. No closers.

Fork, edit skills/i-have-adhd/SKILL.md

, then swap your copy in:

claude plugin uninstall i-have-adhd            # drop the upstream copy first:
claude plugin marketplace remove i-have-adhd   # fork and upstream share both names
claude plugin marketplace add <your-username>/i-have-adhd
claude plugin install i-have-adhd@i-have-adhd

Restart Claude Code, then re-invoke /i-have-adhd

.

Loosely based on The Adult ADHD Tool Kit by J. Russell Ramsay and Anthony L. Rostain. Adapted for how an LLM should respond, not how a human should organize their day.

MIT.

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